Semyon Bychkov to succeed Gustavo Dudamel as Paris Opera music director

Semyon Bychkov will succeed Gustavo Dudamel as music director of the Paris Opera starting in August 2028, the company's ...

Paris Opera Takes On a Noted Conductor, Aiming to Expand Its Symphonic Offerings

Semyon Bychkov will be the musical director for a period when the opera’s performance spaces are under renovation. It’s a ...
Classical Music

Semyon Bychkov named music director of Opéra national de Paris

Conductor Semyon Bychkov will take up the post of Paris Opera music director for an initial four-year term from 2028 ...
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Paris Opera Ballet's only West Coast performance of ‘Red Carpet' is in the Bay Area. Here's why it's worth seeing

Founded during Louis XIV's opulent 17th-century reign and housed in the ornate Palais Garnier, the Paris Opera Ballet embodies Old World glamour. With "Red Carpet," a new work by choreographer Hofesh ...
CNN

Airbnb is celebrating ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ with a one-night stay at Palais Garnier

In celebration of its magnificent run, Airbnb is collaborating with the Opera National de Paris to transform one of the most exclusive chambers in the Palais Garnier opera house, the Box of Honour, ...
Los Angeles Times

Another Gustavo surprise: Dudamel is leaving his Paris Opera post four years early

That was fast. Gustavo Dudamel announced Thursday morning that he will step down as music director of Paris Opera in July, at the end of his second season — four years before his contract was to ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘The Paris Opera’ (‘L’Opera’): Film Review

Swiss director Jean-Stephane Bron goes behind the scenes at the titular institution in 'The Paris Opera,' his Frederick Wiseman-like documentary. By Boyd van Hoeij In Frederick Wiseman’s masterful ...
The New York Times

Running the Paris Opera Was Never Going to Be Easy. But Come On.

Alexander Neef has taken on one of the most prestigious jobs in culture amid a pandemic, labor strikes and internal unrest. By Roslyn Sulcas PARIS — Wearing a dark blue suit, masked, and with a part ...
al.com

'Phantom of the Opera' fact and fiction

Has a soprano ever vanished during a live performance? Was the Paris Opera House ever destroyed by fire? And did the Phantom really exist? No. Yes. And maybe. In the prologue of his 1911 book, "The ...
Los Angeles Times

Gustavo Dudamel is Paris Opera’s next music director. What does this mean for L.A.?

Gustavo Dudamel will become music director of Paris Opera beginning Aug. 1, the company is expected to announce Friday morning, and Los Angeles will share the conductor with the City of Light for at ...
The Times of Israel

Semyon Bychkov to succeed Gustavo Dudamel as music director of Paris Opera

The conductor, who was born to Jewish parents in the Soviet Union, says he agreed to take post after some of the opera's ...